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Wood Colliery

also known as Newton Colliery

Location:	Haydock 1 miles [1 km] W of Wigan
Map Ref:	(Sheet 108 Liverpool, Southport and Wigan) SD567053, 53° 32' 32" N, 2° 39' 13" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Richard Evans and Co., Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1896 - Newton - Coal.
	1900 - Newton - Coal.
	1905 - Newton - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1910 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1915 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1947 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (200,000 tons)
	1954 - Coal: Household, Steam.
Employment:	1896 - Newton - 405 (355 below, 50 surface)
	1900 - Newton - 335 (293 below, 42 surface)
	1905 - Newton - 526 (480 below, 46 surface)
	1910 - 463 (411 below, 52 surface)
	1915 - 438 (380 below, 58 surface)
	1923 - Newton - 829 (744 below, 85 surface)
	1933 - Newton - 680 (600 below, 80 surface)
	1940 - Newton - 810 (700 below, 110 surface)
	1947 - 875 (760 below, 115 surface)
	1954 - 909 (784 below, 125 surface)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Newton - Higher and Lower Florida
	1910 - Higher and Lower Florida
	1915 - Higher and Lower Florida
	1954 - Crombouke, Higher Florida, Ince Six Feet, Lower Florida, Trencherbone, Wigan Five Feet
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None Found

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Britch, George, 13 Jun 1878, aged 20, Loco. fireman, In jumping from engine, slipped and fell under wheels
						Callaghan, James, 08 Jun 1878, aged 32, Dataler, Killed by fall of roof whilst clearing away a heavy fall after the explosion
						Critchley, John, 27 Jun 1893, aged 29, Waggon lowerer, Inspected and inquiry made. Deceased was caught between two waggons which were being lowered by hand he appeared to have slipped on the railway metal
						Delaney, James, 10 Dec 1888, aged 27, Drawer, Inspection made and inquest attended. A drawer was taking his full tub down an incline when his scotch broke and the tub overpowering him ran into the deceased who was going out with his loaded tub
						Dollin, Charles, 29 Aug 1890, aged 40, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. The place was 10 feet wide with a row of props 3 feet apart up the centre. A thin shell of stone fell capping one of the props and falling on the deceased
						Gorton, T. F., 03 Aug 1937, aged 50, Fireman, killed by an explosion when he was engaged on the sinking of the No. 4 shaft
						Seddon, Alfred, 08 May 1867, aged 26, Drawer, Fall of roof
						Singleton, Henry, 19 Jun 1874, aged 24, Collier, Fall of coal

						8 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Liverpool District by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website